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UNITED STATES PATENT o-FFire-s.

JOHN E. JOHNSON, OF CHCAGO, ILLENOIS, ASSIGOR TO SPEEDAUMAT MANUFAOTTR- ING COMPANY, 0F CHIEGAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE. i

y Y s MAILiNaMncHiNn Application filed April 3,

This invention relates to machines designed to address periodicals orhoohs for mailing purposes and to also periorin certain operationsin connection with the as sorting and Wrapping of such addressed articles.

Various ionnis of machines for individuially addressing articles to he mailed are Well known yin the art. @ne forni of such niaehinesmalres use of address plates, each of which hears-an address tor one ofi the articles to he mailed, these plates being successively fed through a guidsway,y and the address impressions beingftalen at seine point along the guideway. The articles to he mailed may follow another guideway in proximity ofl the address plate guideway. In the practfiealuse et such devices, it hasheen found that many of the addressed articles may he mailed ingiioups, Whereas others of the articles Vniustl be individually Wrapped and 1nail edt `For example, if many of the articles, such as copies of magazines, are to be mailed to one city, all oit such articlesdostined tol that city may be preferably Wrapped! and mailed in a group, fwl'lereas if the addresses `are scattered, then individual Wrapping is necessary. i One objectof thepresent invention, thereiore/is toMpi'ovide-ina machine ci the char actor above described, ineans whereby articles which are.toihe'addtessed and individually Wrappedfor mailed may he separated or `selected from thearticles Wl'rich are to he mailed ina ,group.` Itwill `he understood that the selective mechanism henein described and embodying tl invention may also he used *to-separate articles having classification `chataeteristics other than the par ticnlar ea:- ample abone stated. The use of thei'iwenu tionin selecting articlesthat are. to he individually Wrapijied from those mailed in groups, is here cited nierely as illustrative oit the uses oil the invention.

lr unther object lof this invention is to provide ina machine of this character a plurality oit discharge paths Yfor the addressed anticles, and selective means for determining the discharge path to lne-followed `hy each article in Vaccor dance with prede.- terinined characteristics of the address printed thereon. 'Y il. ifunther proridenie l .into len ohiect of this inveiition is to pper pav. l.; lengths 1924; Serial NO. "fllltlfllg,

one or-inore` of the discharge oaths, one or such lengths of Wrapper paper to accompany each of the articles thatis edlthrough the particulardischarge path with Whichthe mechanismis associated.

A. further object of this invention` is to provide ineens controlled by the printing plates that follow the printing plate guideway. of an addressing machine for deterniining the selected.classification to lie assigned" to each article or hook that passes thrpugh the addressing machine;

hurther .obgects of this invention comprise the provision of comparatively simple and reliablemechanism for the purposes named.

Other objectsaccomplished by this .invention will be readily understood from the following disclosure and claims.

In.. the acccinpai'iying drawings, which illust-rate an embodiment of my invention p Figure "l is ka side elevational View oli' a portion of a ina linginachine embodying the invention;`

Fig. 2` is a: sectional View taken on line Q-Qnf Figi l, and showing various Operating parts ol this embodiment oif my invention;

Fig. 3 is a View showing in detail the portion of theineclianisin for directly operating the selector means in the `machine F g. Il is a plan View illustrating a port-:ion ci. the addrcsslilate guideway and theelectrical switching ineehanisln accompanying this guideway;

i llig.` 5` is asectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. de;

`lTig..\`G. is a lsectioned View taken on line (3-6 ofFig. t;

7 isa sectional View taken on line 7-7- of Fig l., and illustrating partly in section, an electronnignetically operated clutch mechanism which coi'itrols the selector device` ol? tl le machine;

Fig isa side elevational View partly in section of the mechanism shown in Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a front View of `certain details of a portion ot the` clutch mechanism shown in Fig.

11g. l() a View similar to Fig. 9, hut illi'u ,ating additional parts of the clutch mechanism;

` Fig. lil' is a side elevational View,partly in; section of air addi tionalclutch:niechani sin sinjiilar te the clutch mechanism ot Fig. 8, hut inviting to control the oi'iaratian otithe wrapper paper cutting-and feeding devices; Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken upon line 12-12 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a schematic view illustrating the ticles to4 be addressed enter in the direction of the arrows. rFrom the guideway A thearticles, after having been addressed,

are selectively discharged through a pluralitybf discharge paths as at -B and The-articlesto be addressed upon entering the machine l-pass over an address Vplate guideway -D- rwhich may be of the type shown inV my copending application, Serial No. 617,793, filed F ebruaryl 8, 1923, orV any other suitable or similar form of mechanism.

-A series of address plates which maybe kept in a-rack as at .-E'- successively pass through the address plate guideway and each ofthese address' plates serves to imprint .an address upon the corresponding book or article which 1s at the time passing through the guidewayV '-A'-. f

Each-address plate may carry in addition i. to ythe address embossed' thereon, certain .other distinguishing characteristics for the purposefof subsequently classifying .the articles addressed. These distinguishing characteristics may vtake the forni ot bosses or. other deformations whereby switching mechanism, such as shownin Figs.V 4,. and 6, may be actuated at appropriate times. vThis switching mechanism may serveto control an electri'ecircuit including.electromagnets as at -A-Ff. The. electromagnets Y-F- may ,serve in turn to controla clutch mechanism as at -G-- which controls the actuation of the selecting device per kse`at` Irlthe actuation of which determines which of the discharge pathswill be traversed by each individual book that has been addressed.

i :Theselective device -Ijlas shown in Figs. V1, 2.and.-3 mayA take the form ofa vplurality of vfingers which whenin their depressed position serve to deflectthe addressed. articles into the discharge path f '-When the selective fingers are elevvated the'addressed articles may continue onf-hrough the discharge path -C-.

' -v The `eleetromagnetically controlled clutch "-G- alsomayserve to control a clutch mechanism 18-, which in turn serves to vaetuate Wrapper paper cutting and forward- `ing?'mechanismfat -'J'-.- and -K-, respecr1`he' various Velements `of. vthe machine may be mounted upon a suitable frame-work as illust-rated. in Fig. 1. Power from any suitable source may be applied to a drive gear 21, which serves to constantly rotate a series of drive gears 22 through 27 inelusive, and a drive gear 28. The gear 22 is rotatably mounted upon a shaft 29 and may be coupled thereto upon actuation of the electromagnetic selector mechanism hereinafter described. lVhen the gear 22 is thus coupled to the shaft 29 through the medium of the clutch -G--, the selector device -l-I- is operated.

The gear 23 which meshes with gear 22 is rotatable upon a shaft 3() and may be coupled thereto through the clutch mechanism --I-. W'hen the clutch mechanism --I- is in engagement, the shaft 3() will rotate thus actuating the cutting mechanism J- and wrapper feed mechanism -K-. The gear 24.- is attached to and constantly rotates with the gear 23.

The gear 24 meshes with the gear 25 which in turn is fixed upon shaft 31. The shaft 31 performs certain functions which will hereinafter be described in connection with the actuation of the switch mechanism at the address plate guideway. Tile gear 25 meshes with the gear 26 which in turn meshes with'the gear 27 fixed upon a shaft 32. The shaft 32'thus is constantly rotated and serves to rotate a suitable feeding roller l33, which feeds the articles or books into the guideway -A-n The gear 26 also engages a gear 34. Associated with the gears 26 and 34 are sprockets k35 and .36, respectively, which serve to -drive flexible chains 37 and 38 respectively.

The chains 37 and 38 engage sprockets 39 and 40, respectively, which serve to rotate athlitional-feed rollers 41 and 42. Associated with the sprockets 39 and 40 are additional sprockets and chains for rotating feed rollers 43 and 414, respectively, at the mouth of the discharge path Another feed roller 45 may be placed intermediate between the rollers 41 and 43 and may be driven by a suitable sprocket and chain arrangement similar to those above mentioned. The feed roller 45 may be placed below the path of travel of the books traversing the discharge path -C-. This roller may cooperate with an idler feed roller 4G placed above the discharge path. The discharge path -B- may be provided with suitable feed rollers as indicated at 47 and 48.

The switch mechanism at the address plate guideway --D- for actuating the electromagnets -F- will now he described in detail. Ay group of sheet metal address plates, such as shown at 49, may be stacked in the rack -E- from which they may be automatically fed into the guideway .-D- by any suitable mechanism, such as described `in my copending application, above referred to. Address plates bearing addresses belonging to certain predetermined group classiiications may be` provided with snap-set bossas at `(seeFig. 5). When the address is imprinted upon an article from an address plate bearing one of these bosses, the addressed article Vthrough the medium'otthe mechanism about to be described, will be discharged, through thedischarge path Q, whereas articles or'books which are addressed from address plates notcarrying these bosses will be subsequently discharged through `the discharge `path `\Tlie switch operating mechanism, as shown particularly in Fig. 5, comprises a bell crank 51 pivotally mounted at 52 and bearing a needle or pin 53 upon one of its arms. The other arm of the `bell crank at 54C rests against a cam 55 which constantly rotates with shaft` 3l, previously referred to. The larger part of the cam 55 iso a radius suliicient to hold thefail'm 5a in a position whereby ythe needle or pin 53 is held outof contact at its upper `end with the `address plates .49. However, the cam 5 5 is provided with a flattened. portion 5G. When the arm 5ft engagesthis flattened portiontlie belllcrank, because ofthe weight oi the arm 54, `will have a tendency to torce the needle 53 up against the address plate 49. It at this time the particular address plate positioned over the needle `is provided `with a boss as at 50, the needle will be permitted to rise a` slight amount into this boss., The cam 55 may, ofcourse, be rotated with the proper speed' and may be so adjusted .uponuits shaft that the flattened 4portion `56 will engage the arm 5d at only such times as an address plate is in the position shown directly over the needle in the guideway. As the needle rises into an address plateboss5`0, a switchV operating pin 57 upon the `bell crank, is also raised suioiently'to cause a circuit to be completed between contacts 58 and 59 in a switch 60. This action will be only momentary,however, since the cam 55 continuously rotates and as soon as thetlattened portion 5G leaves the arm 54, the needle 53, as well as the switch operating pin 57, will drop down again thus permitting the switch toV open. This momentary closing of the switch, however, is suilicientjto cause actuation oi the selector mechanism.

The switch. G0 maybe placed in series with. any suitable source of power and `with the electromagnets F-.

Attention is new directed particularly to Figs. 7 and 8;Y rIlhc electromannets elfwhen actuated by` the closing or the switch 6() will attract an yarmature (il, which armature is mounted upon a lever 62. `The lever 62 is provided with a forked upper end G3 `which straddlesa shaft .6,4 anden braces a squared bearing shoe 65 rotatably mountedupon theshalt. A groovedecccntric canr is 4jlixed upon the `shalt 6.4. A roller 67 is mounted uponlthelever @Zier engaging thegroove cam G6 when the electromagnets F- are actuated. rIhe lever G2 atits lower end is provided with a universal joint 68 :tor attachment to a clutch opera-ting lever 69. Alca-l spring `70 atithe universal joint normally holds the `lever 62 at a position where the roller `G7 will out of engagement with lthe cam G6. However, the electromagnets -F-- when actuated possess sutlicient strength to draw the lever 62 against the force ot spring 70 int-oa `position where the roller 67 will be engaged by the cam G6. The shaft (ist may be constantly `rotated'by a sprocket 7l and chain `72, which extends around a sprocket upon a shaft 73, :the shaft 7 Sbeing rotated by the gear 28 (See Fig. l). The cam `being iixednpon the shaftl will also continuously rotate and as its part of greater radius turns to a point beneath the shaft, the roller G7 will be forced down wardly, thusalso forcing the lever G2 down wardly together with `the clutch operating leverlGQ.

This` downward .movement of the lever or crank G9 has the effect of actuating the clutch Gb, which will now'be described and the purpose of whichis to actuate the selector member -H-. As shown .in Fig. 7, the gear 22 rotatably mounted upon the shaft 29 and the specific purpose ofthe clutch mechanism -G- is to connect the shaft 29 to the gear Q2 so that the shaft will be rotated :with the `The clutch operatinglever G9 may be integrally formed with a clutch housing member 74, (see Figs. 9 and `l0) which is rotatably mounted upon shaft 29. A clutch body member 7 5 is :lso mounted upon the shaft Q9, but is keyed thereto A pin or stubshatt 76 extends through the member and is j no'vided at one end with a dog member 77 and, at its other end with a dog member 7 8. rlhe shaft 7 6, is normally retained in an angular position such that the outer ends of the dog members' occupy an extreme position at the periphery et the member 75 as indicated. in

Fig. l0. Ajspring 79 attached to a pin 80 that ext-ends radially oit the shatt 7G tends to hold the shaft in this extreme angular position.` The spring' 79. is :fastened at 8l to the member 75. The hub ol the gear 22 is provided with an insert piece 82 for engagement with theV dog 78. This engagement will be etl'ectedonly when theshaiit 7 G and its accompanying dogs are in the above de scribed extremeangular position, s shown in Fig. l0.` At suchmtimes the shaft 29 Willibe locked for rotation with tl1egear122. However, as soon as the shaft 29 is given lll-5 nearly one complete revolution, the dog member 77 will strike 'against a block 83 fixed upon the interior of the cam housing 74 (seeFig. 9). As the dog member 77 slides over the inner face of the block 83, the dog will be forced kinwardly sufficiently lto change the angular position of the shaft 76 from'that as shown in Fig. 10 to the position shown in Fig. 8. This will result in forcing the dog 78 inwardly sufficiently to allow the insert member 82 to pass. Thereupon the clutch mechanism will be disengaged andthe shaft 29A willno longer rotate with the gear 22. However, as' soon as the electromagnets are again actuated and thelevers 62 and 69 are thrust downwardly by the action of the cam 66, then the block member 83 will` also be turned downwardly as viewed in Fig. 9, `suliciently to allow 'the dog member 77 to slip upwardly.l This will permit the sha-ft- 76 to turn into the position shownV in Fig. 10 by reason of the force exerted 'by spring 79.V The clutch will then assume the engagedV condition4 shownfin Fig. 10. l

Referringzagain-to Fi'g. 7 and the cam 66, it will be observed that as soon as the Y part of this cam which Vis of greatest radius is turned upwardly, then the lever `6 2 will also,V again assume its upper position as ,shown inFig. 7 by reason of the force exerted by a'spring 84. At the saine time the y' positeside ofthe machine from that illustrated in Fig. 1. Y This mechanismk comprises the means for directly actuating the selecting member -`-'H-, at such timesas f the shaft 29 is rotated. This mechanism is further shown at the right hand side of Fig. 2. Upon the shaft 29, a cam 86 is Vfixed. A reciprocating connecting rod 87 of adjustable length is provided with a forked lower end 88 which straddles the shaft 29 and embraces a squared bearing shoe 89. A

roller 90mounted uponthe rod 87 engages f the surfaces of the cam 86. The upper end offthe kconnecting trod 87 is-pivotally attached at 91 to a lever 92, which `is for the purpose of oscillating a shaft 93 upon which the1selectordevice H- is pivotally supported.v

Accordingly, -when the. shaft 29` is rotated the action ofthe cam 86 upon the roller 90 i willcause the connecting rod-87 to be raised.

Thereupon the selector device -H will also be raised.

It will now be seen that when an address plate having a boss as at 50 properly placed thereon to indicate a predetermined group classification, traverses the address plate guideway, that such an address plate will lirst cause a closing of the circuit through the switch 00. The closing of this circuit results in energizing the magnets -F-. The magnets -F- in turn operate the clutch --G-, causing rotation of the shaft 29. The shaft 29 thus rotates the cam 86 through one revolution which action b reason of the actuating rod 87 causes tie sclector device -H- to be momentarily raised. Such actuation of the selector device -H- will cause the addressed article passing through the guideway 9 to be deflected downwardly into the discharge path The mechanism -J- for cutting the wrapper into lengths and the wrapper paper advancing mechanism K will now be described. The wrapper paper in continuous sheets may enter the machine at 94 between suitable feed rollers 95 and 96. Guided by members 97 and 98, the wrapper paper may pass between cutting rollers 99 and 100. (')ne of the rollers as 99 may be provided with a knife 101 for cutting the paper into appropriate lengths. The cutting roller 99 may be mounted upon or be driven by the shaft 30. The cooperating roller 100 may be frictionally driven or may be driven by anv suitable positive drive mechanism. 'From the cutting rollers the paper in wrapper lengths may pass between feed rollers as at 102 and 103, driven by suitable gears 104 and 105', respectively, which in turn are driven from the gear 23. The cut-olf lengths of wrapper paper then pass between suitable guides and additional feed rollers to advancing rollers 104 and 105.

When the wrapper cutting and advancing mechanism is not being actuated, a sheet of wrapping paper as at 106 (see Fig. 13) normally rests with its upper edge extending beneath the roller 105. At such times the roller 104 is out of contact with the roller 105. The roller 105 may be mounted upon shaft 64 and accordingly may be constantly rotated. However, its rotation is not effective upon the wrapper paper until the roller 104 is pressed firmly into contact therewith. The rollers 104 and 43 may be mounted upon opposite ends of a bracket member 106, which is pivoted at 107. Normally while no articles or books are being discharged from the path O the roller 43 is held up in contact with roller 44 by the weight of roller 104. However, at such times as a book 108 is passing through the discharge path --C-, the rollers 43 and 44 will CFE mono?? heseparated. This separation causes `the roller 10a to he elevated into hrm contact withtlie roller 105, except for the intervening sheet el wrapping paper which thereupon is advanced and out et the discharge paths #-C-f with thehook 108.

It will thusfloe seen that lengths of Wrapper paper areadvanced only at such times as a book is actually passing out of the discharge path -C-. Accordingly, when the hoo rs are being discharged'through the dischargepath *B* no wrapper paper will' he advanced out of the discharge path -G-. Furthermore, in view of certain mechanism y aloout to loedescrhed, the wrapper paper is cut into lengths only when a book 1s selected and discharged through the discharge path -C-. The feed rollers `102 and 103 are driven by intermeshing gears 104C and 105', respectively. The gear 104 may `he driven through suitable sprocket and chain mechanism Lfrom the shaft 30 as indicated hy dotted lines 'in Fig. l; The eutting rollers 09 and 100 and the feed rollers 102 and10l `are rotatedhy the shaft 30 only at such times as the shaft. 30 islockedhythe clutch el-- to the constantly driven gear 23.

The clutch --I-- is Aillustrated'in vdetail in liigsll andlQ and is of a construction similar Ato the clutch wGrexcept that'rotation is effected in the opposite. direction. When the shaft E29 is rotated, an eccentric 109 is' also actuated and serves to move a clutch operating' crank or lever 110to the left in liig. 1.1. `The crank 110 correspondsto the operating crank 69 of the clutch mechanism MGM and this movement of the crank to the lelt serves to placethe clutch -I-fin locled condition As the shaftfQQ completes a single yrevolution,the cranls:` 110` is restored to its former position andthe clutch -I loecomes unlocked again. `ll/leanwhile the cutting rollers and the associatedleed rollers are given one complete revolution.` This operation, of course, takes place only when the clutchmechanism GH is operated in response to the actuation et the electromagnet ic selector mechanism. t

l/Vhile I have shown and described one particular embodiment of Vmy invention, itis understood that l do not 4desire to have any limitations imposed thereupon except as speciiically setiiorth in the appended claims or required by the prior art, since many expedients or equivalents oli the various elements are intended to come within the scope et my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to securehyA Let` tcrslatent of theUnited States is:

1. In, an addressing machine, a guideway for a series of articles to he addressed, address printing means along said guidcway, a plurality ol discharge pathsior the articles, and selective means for determining the discharge path to he followed hy each article and supplying wrappers to certain of the articles in accordance with predetermined `characteristics ot the address tohe printed thereon.

2. In a printing machine, a hook guide` way having a plurality of discharge paths therctrom, a printing plateguideway, and mechanism actuatedby the successive printing plates that follow said printing plate` guidr-iway ior determining the discharge path to be followed bycach bool: that fol lows said hook guidewayl and for supplying wrappers to certain el? the hooks.

In an addressing machine, a boolr guideway for a series et articles tohe addressed, a printing plate guideway for guiding printing plates hearing addresses tohe imprinted upon said articles, means at the discharge end olE said hook guideway for upwardly deliecting :trom said hook guideway all articles upon which addresses of predetermined characteristics have been printed persto hooks ollowingone of said oaths."

5. Ina machine of the class descri ed, a hoolr` ,guideway having at least twokdischarge paths therefrom, mechanism ferentting wrapper paper into lengths and for advancing individual wrappers to one el said discharge paths only asa hook is discharged therefrom, another ol said paths serving to accommodate hooks to be mailed er wrapped in groups, a printing `plate guideway, and mechanism actuated by the successive printing plates that follow said printing plate guideway for `determining the discharge path to he :followed by each book in accordance with predetermined characteristics of the address to be printed on the book by its corresponding printing plate. i

G. `In a machine of theclass described, a

boot;v guideway having at least two dis chargepaths there'lrom, mechanism ior advancing individual ,wrappers to `one ot said discharge pat-hsonly as a hook is discharged therefrom, `another of said paths .serving to accommodate hooks to he mailed er Wrapped in groups, a printing plate guideway, and mechanism `actuated by the successive print 6VIV Y Y 4 1,709,077-

ing plates that follow said printing plate guideway for determining the discharge path tobe followed by each book in accordance with predetermined characteristics of the address to be printed on the book by its corresponding printing plate.

7. In an addressing machine, a guideway for a seiiesof articles to be addressed, address printing means alongcsaid guideway, means forv advancing individual wrappers from beneathsaid guideway to the discharge end thereof but only as an article is dischargedV therefrom, means near the dis- .icharge end of said guideway for upwardly for a series of articles to be addressed, address printing means along said guideway,

meansY for advancing individual wrappers to the discharge end of said guideway but only as an article is discharged therefrom,

` means near the discharge end of saidv guideway and controlled by the address printing means ford'eflecting from said guideway all articles upon which addresses Classifiable in predetermined groups have been printed by said rinting means, and mechanism actuated y y said printing means for controlling theV wrapper advancing ,means and the deflecting means. y v

9. In an y addressingk machine, a book guideway having at leastcrtwo discharge paths therefrom, mechanism foradvancing .individual wrappers to one of said paths as a book is discharged therefrom, another of said paths serving to accommodate books tol be mailed or wrapped in groups, a deflector Vfor guiding the books to said dischargel paths, a printing plate guideway, and electromagnetically operated clutch mecha- Y ynism actuated by'printing plates that follow said printing plate guideway for controlling the'defiector wliereby the discharge path to be followed by'leaclibook is determined in accordance with predetermined characteristics of the address to be printed on the book by its corresponding printing plate.

10. 'In a machine of the class described, a

book guideway having a discharge path for books that follow along said book guideway,

fa wrapper guideway, means for feeding a wrapper toleach4 book, said means including Y afpivoted-lever having book and wrapper advancing rollers at its ends, said wrapper advancingroller adapted to remain inoperative to prevent advancing of a wrapper unvtila book follows along saiddischarge path and past said book roller.Y .-1-1. In a machine of the class described, a

book guideway having a discharge path for books that follow along said book guideway, a wrapper guideway, means for Lfeeding a wrapper to each book, said means including a pivoted lever having book and wrapper advancing rollers oppositely disposed thereon, said Wrapper roller being held in inoperative position until said book advancing roller is engaged by a book to be wrapped.

12. In a machine of the class described a book guideway having a discharge path for books that follow along said book guideway, a wrapper guideway communicating with said discharge path, means operable by the discharge of a book through said discharge path for advancing a wrapper thereto, and wrapper cutting mechanism for advancing a second wrapper to said means for subsequent operation.

13. In a machine of the class described, a book guideway having a plurality of discharge paths for books that follow along said book guideway, a wrapper guideway communicating with one of said discbar 'e paths, means operable when a book is vanciiig through said discharge path t0 advance a wrapper thereto from said wrapper guideway, and substantially simultaneously operable means for cutting and advancing a second wrapper for subsequent operation upon deiiection of the book into said discharge path.

14. In an addressing machine the combination comprising a book passageway having a plurality of discharge passages therefrom, addressing means associated with said passageway and comprising a series of individual metal address plates having individual addresses thereon provided by printing characters embossed from the` plates, means for printing the addresses from said printing plates on successive books, said plates also being formed to indicate which of the discharge passages the book addressed by a given plate should take, selective means for controlling the discharge passage to be followed by a given book, and control means arranged to engage the faces of the plates opposite the printing face and to be controlled by the discharge indication on the plate for actuating said selective means to direct a book into the passageway indicated by its address plate.

15. In an addressing machine the combination comprising a book passageway having a plurality of discharge passages therefrom, addressing means associated with said passageway and comprising a series of individual metal address plates having individual addresses thereon rovided by printing characters embossed Ifrom the plates, a guideway for carrying said plates into proximity with said books so that the embossed faces of said plates may print addresses on lil successive books, said plates being also embossed to indicate the discharge passage which the book should take, selective means for directing a given book into one of said passages, and control means arranged to engage successive plates opposite their printing faces in the region of the discharge-iu dicating embossing thereon to actuate said selective means to discharge the books into the passageway predetermined by the d ischarge-indicating embossing on the respective address plates.

16. In an addressing machine the combination comprising a book passageway having a plurality of discharge passages therefrom, addressing means associated with said passageway and comprising a series of individual metal address plates having individual addresses thereon provided by printing characters embossed from the plates, a guideway for carrying said plates into proximity With said books so that the embossed faces o'l said plates may print addresses on successive books, said plates being also einbossed to indicate the discharge passage which the book should take, selective means for directing a given book into one of said passages, and control moans ar anged to engage -successive plates in the region of the discharge-indicating embossing thereon to actuate said selective means to discharge the books into the passageway predetermined by the discharge-indicating embossing on the respective address plates.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN E. JoHNsoN. 

